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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Will YOUR Vote Even Count??

"Using proprietary corporate software, the vote count is what the software specifies. A country without a transparent vote is a country without democracy."

Colorado sets the stage for a Bogus Election: A number of protective accounting measures crucial for evaluating
election tampering have been taken off the table though a new law to
block election-related public records examination.Bev Harris, BlackBoxVoting.Org

A last-minute directive issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted could invalidate legal provisional ballots. Ohio is widely viewed as the most critical state for both presidential campaigns and — with some polls showing a close race — the 11th-hour move could swing the entire election.Alternet Sensing a pattern here? And you know things are messed up when United States Presidential Elections now necessitate international election monitors, just like corrupted regimes in other countries! If you are as concerned as I am about these nefarious manipulations of our elections, call Attorney General Eric Holder at the Justice Department on Monday, 212-514-2001. Also, visit No More Stolen Elections and sign onto to the pledge.

“In the councils of government we must guard against
the acquisition of power, whether sought or unsought,
by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties and democratic processes.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower
from his final address to the nation
January 17, 1961

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
--Thomas Jefferson